A zombie has an unusual reaction to eating a man's brain - he begins to fall in love with his victim's girlfriend. As he regains his human feelings, he forms a close connection with the living woman of his dreams, but their relationship is threatened by both the other walking dead and her militaristic father. Romantic comedy horror, with Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer and John Malkovich.

After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.